After the demise of my last M3, I started looking for a replacement toy. Initially I thought it was a good time to try something else before getting another E46, and considered everything from a CLK63 Black Series to a NA1 NSX but just never found the "right" car as I was pretty picky about options/colors on everything I looked at. When I saw this ZCP pop up with just shy of 55k miles I couldn't resist it, the allure of this "perfect" (at least to me) M3 was too much. If I had the means back in 2006, this is likely how I would've ordered the car. It was built in May of 2006, which I think makes it one of the last E46 M3s to roll off the line. Here's the (very basic, only has competition package and xenons) build sheet:

As the car was originally sold to someone in the US military stationed in Germany, and spent its first year there, it never came with a window sticker, which was a bit unfortunate as I like collecting them. As such, I had Stuttgart Studios make a "reproduction" of sorts, with all the options (or lack thereof) listed:

The PO was impressively OCD about maintenance, having just recently completed a valve adjustment and complete cooling system overhaul. I'll be doing some minor r&r on interior trim pieces, and possibly removing some of the mods, but not much else planned immediately.

Thanks, I've always been a fan of IB as it looks so different depending on the lighting conditions. Being an M color, as opposed to something you could've ordered on a "regular" E46, is also a plus. That said, I think AW shows the lines of the car better than anything else - and looks most at home on the track! Mostly I'm just excited to have joined the slicktop club like you.

I've even had a 1:18 model of an IB E46 for some time (inspiration I suppose), now I just need to figure out how to paint the interior in Imola

Gorgeous color combo! Sorry about your old car but best of luck with this one.

Thanks guys!

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Originally Posted by DOCTOR 3VIL

Beautiful replacement! What is your long term goal for this car?

OCD levels of maintenance/detailing and enjoy it at the occasional track day - basically nothing near as exciting as your journals! I do have a new set of OEM CSL wheels that I bought for my old car that I might throw on, although the ZCP wheels on the car are nearly mint. Long term my "grail" mods would be BBS E88s, 4 corner BBK and an OEM CSL airbox, not much else I could imagine doing to the car.

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Originally Posted by KoukiMonster

Very unique combo! Also man I need that model! Where did you pick that up from?

The Kyosho models have been out of production for some time, they pop up on eBay every now and then. The ones with the CSL wheels like this typically go for around $300 now, which is pretty crazy.

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